Act of Will
| Title: | Act of Will |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Directors: | Don Sharp |
| Writers: | Barbara Taylor Bradford (novel) Jill Hyem (writer) |
| Actors: | Victoria Tennant | Peter Coyote | Elizabeth Hurley | Kevin McNally | Serena Gordon | Lynsey Baxter | Jean Marsh | Sheila Allen | John Basham | Richard Bebb | Gillian Bevan | Marianne Borgo | Rebecca Callard | Andrew Castell | Patrick Connolly | Christine Cox | Kelly Cryer | Elizabeth Downes | Marilyn Finlay | Al Fiorentini | Miranda Forbes | Jo Gabb | Julian Gartside | Jeremy Gilley | Henry Goodma |
| Rating: | 4.7 | 49 votes |
| Languages: | English |
| Color: | Color |
| Country: | UK |
| Company: | Portman Entertainment Group |
| Genres: | Drama |
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| 1) One of Barbara Taylor Bradford's quietly celebrated heart-warming talesAct of Will concerns the young orphan Audra. Forced into work by hergreedy aunt and uncle Audra discovers a talent for nursing with herfriend Gwen who is bold and brassy, the polar opposite to the shy andwell spoken Audra the two friends both find love, Audra with thedestitute Vincent Crowther and Gwen with Mike Leslie, whom she quicklydrops in favour of the wealthy doctor Geoffrey Freemantle. Angered byher treatment of Billy, Vince makes it clear to his new wife Audra hehas no time for Gwen and goes out of way to avoid her. But Audra hadother things on her mind. She has just fallen pregnant and both parentsto be are thrilled but Audra soon miscarries. Believing that a wife'sduties begin in the bedroom Vince is soon getting intimate with hiswife again, much to Audra discomfort his sexual appetite is insatiable.She soon falls pregnant gain this time delivering a child Christina whoshe dotes upon and raises to be an artist. Years later and free willedbeauty Christina is preparing to tell her parents she had given up thecareer her mother sacrificed everything for her to have, in order to bea fashion designer. She is also secretly in love with Miles Sutherlanda prominent politician and the two are deep in a passionate affair butit is threatened when Christina drops a bombshell on her lover that sheis pregnant. Determined to keep the baby, Christina is delighted tohave her lovers support but she is involved in a car crash which causesher to miscarry. Christina throws herself into her work in a bid tohelp her cope but she can't forget about her lost baby nor the factthat she increasingly has to share Miles with his controlling wife babysurvive? | |
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